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Rossleigh, Christine (née Goldschlag-gorezynski)
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a letter from Christine Rossleigh recounting her experience as a Polish Jew living in Nazi occupied Poland. She recalls the growth of antisemitism in Poland before and after the ...
(D1) Research and papers : 2002
c.1992- c.2002
Mainly typescript, offprints or copies of articles/essays by other authors dating from 1992-2002. Authors include Arne Johan Vetlesen; Robert Toscano. Some with attached correspondence, inscriptions o...
Hankowska (lakomy), Lena
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a typed short story titled 'My Mother of the Camp: Maria Kotarba' by Lena Hankowska, dated 1992. Hankowska recalls her time at Auschwitz concentration camp, reflecting on her fri...
Kutner, David
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a transcript of an interview with David Kutner regarding his experience as a Polish Jew detained in Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp at 11 years old. The account details the...
Dortheimer, Victor
Mid-Late 20th Century
This section contains a typed transcript of an interview (Tape No. 1377) with Victor Dorthheimer regarding his experience of living in Nazi occupied Poland. Dortheimer was chief enameller at Oskar Sc...
Gerda Mayer Archive
Mayer, Gerda
c.1939 - 2008
The collection relates to the life and works of poet Gerda Mayer. It contains; Literary correspondence, personal correspondence, and published/ unpublished writings, with there being some amount of cr...
Max Isserlin Collection
Isserlin, Max (1879-1941)
1902-1999
Papers of the psychiatrist Max Isserlin, includes: journals and papers on psychological and medical subjects; correspondence files; working papers; case histories and medical reports; photographs and ...
Czech Torah Scroll, MST#68, Brno
c.1850
Comprises a Czech Torah scroll in Hebrew containing the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Known as the Brno scroll, it originally came from Czechoslovakia. It is a scroll from an ...
Papers of Janina and Zygmunt Bauman
Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017); Bauman, Janina (1926-2009)
1945-2015
Most of the material relates to the professional careers of Zygmunt Bauman and his first wife, Janina Bauman (writer). It includes correspondence (with academics of sociology, philosophy and other dis...
Esther Simpson correspondence and papers
Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)
1918-1997
This collection reflects Esther Simpson's work on behalf of refugee scholars over the course of fifty years. It also documents the many friendships and contacts she developed. The main collection (i...